10 NCCIA officers, foreign nationals named in FIA corruption case

Case concerns allegations of backing alleged illegal activities at 15 call centres run by foreigners

The Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) Anti-Corruption Circle in Islamabad has registered a case against 10 officers of the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA), including two Additional Directors, as well as Chinese nationals, their Pakistani spouses, and other private individuals.

The case concerns allegations of backing alleged illegal activities at 15 call centres run by foreign nationals in a private housing society in Rawalpindi and demanding hefty monthly bribes in exchange for “protection.” Large-scale raids have been launched to apprehend the suspects.

According to the First Information Report (FIR), inquiry number 326/2025 revealed that the call centres were allegedly defrauding the public through various scams. NCCIA officers and staff reportedly supported these centres despite knowledge of the illegal activities and allegedly collected bribes of approximately Rs15 million per month. In total, former and current officers are said to have unlawfully collected around Rs250 million.

Following the appointment of new officers at NCCIA, the alleged illegal activities reportedly continued, with an additional Rs50 million allegedly collected in bribes. Funds were also reportedly routed through frontmen Hasan Amir and Tahir Mohiuddin.

After the arrest of Chinese national Gu Kashian, also known as Kelvin, and 14 other foreigners, the suspect’s Pakistani wife was allegedly involved in receiving a bribe of Rs21 million. Sub-Inspector Sarim Ali, posted at NCCIA Rawalpindi, is also accused of sending violent videos via WhatsApp showing the abuse of the Chinese national.

The FIR indicates that bribes were allegedly collected in three instalments, and investigators recovered digital evidence, including videos and chat records documenting the corruption.

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The case has been registered under sections 109, 161, 386, 420 of the Pakistan Penal Code, and section 5(2)47 of the Prevention of Corruption Act 1947. Named in the FIR are two Additional Directors of NCCIA, Shehzad Haider and Aamir Nazir; Deputy Directors Haider Abbas, Nadeem Abbas, and Suleman Awan; current and former NCCIA officers; and FIA Cyber Crime Cell officers, including Sub-Inspectors Mian Irfan, Muhammad Bilal, Sarim Ali, Usman Basharat, and Zaheer Abbas.

The FIA Anti-Corruption investigative team, led by AD Mohammad Safir Ahmed and comprising Inspector Mohammad Waheed Khan and SI Shams Gondal, has launched investigations, with officials confirming that raids are ongoing to arrest the accused.

FIA and NCCIA corruption

Seven officers from the Federal Investigation Agency’s National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency submitted their resignations following allegations of bribery and corruption linked to the high-profile arrest of YouTuber Saad ur Rehman, also known as Ducky Bhai.

Sources have revealed that investigations by the FIA and intelligence agencies uncovered close ties between senior National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) officers and Ducky Bhai. Following his arrest, several officers allegedly accepted a substantial bribe, with one officer transferring over $300,000 from Ducky Bhai’s account to his own. The officers are then said to have shared the funds among themselves.

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The scandal deepened when several officers linked to the case mysteriously disappeared, including Assistant Director Chaudhry Sarfraz Ahmed, Director of Operations Muhammad Usman, Assistant Director Mujtaba Zafar, Deputy Director Zawar Ahmed, Shoaib Riaz, and Sub-Inspectors Ali Raza and Yasir Ramzan.

Last week, six NCCIA officials were arrested and presented in court in a case registered against them for taking large bribes and misusing their power. The court granted physical remand for all of them.

The case was registered on the complaint of Aroob Jatoi, the wife of Ducky Bhai. The FIA submitted its investigation report, stating that approximately Rs 42.5 million had been recovered from the accused officials.